Rape Accused SP leader Gayatri Prajapati Arrested

Rape accused Gayatri Parajapati, the absconding Samajwadi Party (SP) leader was arrested in Lucknow by UP Police today.

In a major breakthrough, three of Prajapati’s accomplices were arrested from Lucknow on Tuesday. Of them, two were Prajapati’s sons and they were held for giving shelter to the accused.
Police questioned Prajapati’s sons for clues regarding the whereabouts of their absconding father. Police were also set to move court on Wednesday to seek permission to attach his properties.

Last week, a Special Task Force arrested two more accomplices from Noida in connection to this case.

Gayatri Prajapati was charged for allegedly gang raping a woman and molesting her minor daughter in 2014.

The former SP minister Gayatri Parajapati is on the run since the FIR lodged on February 17 in the case as directed by the Supreme Court (SC).

The UP Police issued a non-bailable warrant against Prajapati and arrested today after 18 days.